Tag: CNN
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‘I know how to do this job’: Biden seeks to repair debate damage with fiery speech
A fired-up Joe Biden came out swinging on Friday as he tried to make up for a disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump, insisting he was the right man to win November’s US presidential election. Biden’s appearance at a campaign rally in the battleground state of North Carolina came amid rumblings in his alarmed Democratic Party…
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Legendary singer Eric Clapton plans special concert for children of Gaza
In a heartfelt initiative to make a difference in the lives of the children of Gaza, legendary musician Eric Clapton is set to deliver a powerful message through the broadcast of his intimate concert, which took place in London in December 2023. Scheduled for airing on January 17th, the exclusive performance is not only a…
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CNN’s Clarissa Ward first Western reporter to enter Gaza without Israeli supervision
CNN’s chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward has become the first Western journalist to have gone into the Gaza Strip without the Israel Defense Forces’ supervision, reporting from sight what she deemed “absolute horror.” Ward entered the besieged strip on Wednesday with UAE medical volunteers and visited a field hospital setup by the Gulf country. “Even…
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Journalists embedded with IDF slammed
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria has revealed the process journalists have to comply with for coverage while being embedded with the Israeli military in its ground fight with Hamas in Gaza. A CNN journalist went into Gaza on an IDF embed. The journalists embedded with the IDF Gaza operate under the observation of Israeli commanders in the…
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Iran President declines interview by CNN anchor who refuses to wear hijab
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi didn’t turn up for a CNN interview when the interviewer, Christiane Amanpour, refused to wear a hijab during the taping. Amanpour took to Twitter to explain the incident, stating that the interview was long planned and this would have been President Raisi’s first-ever interview on US soil. However, things didn’t go…
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‘Naqal ke liye aqal ki zaroorat hoti hai’: Qasim Suri trolled for sharing fake CNN screenshot
Former National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Qasim Suri shared a fake screenshot of CNN covering PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s rally in Haripur on Wednesday. “PTI Power Show in Haripur, Massive Crowed,” read the caption shared in the fake CNN screenshot shared by Suri. Soon after Suri tweeted the fake CNN…
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Ahsan Iqbal’s remarks about cutting down chai consumption make international headlines
Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal’s recent statement about cutting down on tea has not just taken social media by storm but international media has widely covered his remarks. “I appeal to the nation to reduce tea intake by one or two cups daily because we borrow money for tea import as well,”…
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Pakistan wants to ensure rights to the women of Afghanistan: Bilawal Bhutto
Foreign Minister (FM) Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that Pakistan wants to ensure rights to the women of Afghanistan. The foreign minister in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour said, “I see women’s rights or women’s rights to education as rights granted to us in Islam. We’ll be emphasising that the Taliban keep their international commitments and…
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‘I was forced into politics at a young age, I did not choose it’: Bilawal to CNN
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Wednesday that he was forced into politics at a young age. “I didn’t choose this life, it chose me,” said Bilawal in interview with CNN’s Becky Anderson. When Anderson posed a question regarding dynastic politics, Bilawal said,” Absolutely, dynasties exist and it would be unfair to…
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‘I know India much more than rest of my own countrymen’: PM Khan
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Sunday said that no one in Pakistan knows India better than him. PM Khan was talking to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria about Pakistan’s relations with India. “I understand and know India much more than the rest of my own countrymen or probably all over the world,” said PM Imran Khan,…